Category archives: Blog'nhagen

I was too busy enjoying myself and taking photos to remember to film much video while I was in Copenhagen, but it did have some funny footage I thought was too good not to share :) Blog’nhagen was pretty much non-stop fun and laughter, and by the end of the day we were all so tired from a jam packed day and lack of sleep that things got a bit wacky as you can see from the last bit of the video. A big thank you once again to Brittany and Maria for organizing such a great event and inviting me to take part.

My first Blog’nhagen post left off after our plate painting at Royal Copenhagen, our next stop was to walk next door to The Royal Café. We walked into the cafe and immediately started photographing the restaurant- it was so beautiful and the space just begged to be photographed. We were treated to their famous “smushi”-which is a combination of the two words “smørrebrød” and “sushi” and is a play on the traditional danish open faced sandwiches. If our lunch was not enough, we then moved outside to the garden area of the restaurant to tables filled with the most incredible desserts- this was really one of the best lunches of my life.
The prettiest (and most delicious) gaspacho I have ever eaten.Bloggers eating lunch- everyone with a camera or phone in their hand :)Smushi!Even though we had already had an abundance of sweets, I could not resist trying each of these and might have had more than one of each- ridiculously amazing.Anne the hand-model. Round two. Our next stop was at the Vipp flagship store. Vipp is known for their “pedal bins” which is a lovely, much more sophisticated word for a trash can. :) Their store is beautiful and they design a whole lot more than just pedal bins- even kitchens! I was drooling over their new matte black kitchen.Annaleena photographing the new matte black kitchen at VippAnne enjoying her very first coffee, ever!!! (I know, really!) at The Coffee Collective, where we learned the art of filter coffee. Not only is their coffee delicious, they take part in direct trade which offers farmers 25% more than fair trade.Agnes Cupcakes were on our tour more than once in the day
the group (minus Jenny, who took the photo)
Our next stop was A XOCO by Anthon Berg, aka chocolate paradise. We learned about working with chocolate and made “Foam Kisses” which are a meringue-marshmellow “kiss” atop a layer of marzipan, then covered in chocolate. No one could resist sneaking tastes of the treats and dipping our fingers in the chocolate fountain- we were joking the entire time about being a part of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It was ridiculous and somehow being there turned us all into kids again! Our chocolate teacher, Jesper, had an incredible amount of patience :)
We all could not resist- like little kids in a chocolate factory :)
Foam kisses dipped in chocolate Our carts all lined up in a row!Our last stop was at Anton Dam, a design shop I desperately wanted to move in to. They had the most incredible furnishings and provided tons of inspiration for our apartment. If only I could have found a way to bring back some pieces on the plane!Anne & Liv
The evening ended with a picnic alongside the water’s edge and we were treated to an amazing sushi dinner from Sticks’n’Sushi. I had literally never seen so much sushi in one place all together in my life and definitely enjoyed helping to make it all disappear ;)
Our lovely Videographer, Liv, who was such a trooper filming ALL DAY long
Thea & JJ-who was an enormous help keeping us on schedule- he rode his bike along our Blog’nhagen tour!Brittany and JulianeOur Blog’nhagen group! From left to right- Brittany, Emma, Thea, Maria, Jenny, Isabelle, Annaleena, moi, & Anne
As I mentioned before, Blog’nhagen was pretty much non-stop fun. It was my first trip to Copenhagen and having the opportunity to explore the city with locals was an incredible experience, and on top of that I met some fabulous new blog friends as well! The best part? This is just the first in a series of city tours! Stay tuned for what fabulous things Brittany whips up next :)

In Copenhagen we were lucky to be hosted by Brøchner Hotels and stayed in a beautiful suite at Kong Arthur Hotel. Anne was my roomie for our two nights in the city, and my only wish was we would have had more time to enjoy all the hotel had to offer- we heard such great things about their spa and sadly did not have the chance to check it out (next time!!). The day following our Blog’nhagen extravaganza we had breakfast at their sister hotel, Ibsens Hotel, which is a more modern design hotel located next door to Kong Arthur, and tried their “breakfast in a cup” (shown above). It was such a lovely stay and great fun to experience their two, completely different, hotels. A big thank you to Brøchner Hotels for our wonderful stay in Copenhagen!

I always try and maintain full transparency here on Chasing Heartbeats. Although our stay in Copenhagen was sponsored by Brøchner Hotels, the content of this post is my own, honest opinion. :)

To be completely honest, Blog’nhagen was so much fun I am not really sure where to start this post. I thought about dividing the day into two posts, one of all the food we ate and one filled with the other amazing stuff we did, but looking through all my food shots from the day made me so hungry I decided to just break the day in half- before lunch and after lunch :)

The concept of Blog’nhagen was created by Brittany, of The House that Lars Built, and Maria, of Wallnut. It all started with the idea of driving electric carts around the city and it grew from there- I was honored to be invited to take part in the adventure. The two of them organized the most amazing day touring Copenhagen in electric carts from Copenhagen by Cart, stopping at some of Copenhagen’s must-see design and foodie spots and we had the most incredible day. Somehow putting a group of bloggers together always equals insane amounts of fun and pretty much non-stop laughter and Blog’nhagen was NO exception. People must have thought we were absolutely nuts driving around town with pastel balloons attached to the carts, each of us with a camera or iphone (I was guilty of holding both at the same time) in hand documenting the day, but obviously none of us cared :) A few tourists even snapped photos of us as we drove by- I wonder who or what they thought we were :)
We stopped by Meyers Bageri a bakery from renowned chef Claus Meyer and picked up bread for our breakfast at Maria’s gorgeous apartment. Their cinnamon bread was divine- seriously what breakfast dreams are made of!
Maria’s apartment is beautifully designed and of course our table was set with some beautiful paper flowers from Brittany’s shop :)
We stopped by a local designer’s boutique, Baum und Pferdgarten, who had the most beautiful clothes- I desperately wanted to take home that gold coat (and maybe the gold pants too!!)
my friend and travel buddy of the trip, Thea from Sister Mag
Our next stop was Royal Copenhagen, where we learned about the history of the company- they have been creating porcelain since 1775! And we had the chance to paint our own porcelain plates! I am not very skilled in the painting department, but it was SO much fun.
all of our plates :)Isabelle from Dos Family
This was just the first half of our day, I have so much more to share! Here is a group shot from the Vipp store in their gorgeous matte black kitchen- more from Vipp in my next post :)
Stay tuned for a silly little video I made of our day as well!
A big thank you to all of our amazing sponsors for helping to make our day in Copenhagen AMAZING! Check out our #blognhagen hashtag on twitter and instagram and our Pinterest page for more Blognhagen fun!

Today I am in Copenhagen for Blog’nhagen. When Miss Brittany of The House that Lars Built was in Berlin for the Hive, she mentioned this idea she had to bring a group of us together to spend a day touring the very best of Copenhagen- I thought the idea sounded fabulous and it surely will be! I can’t believe the day is already here and I am SO excited to tell you all about it. We all will be instagraming and tweeting up a storm, so make sure to look for the #blognhagen hash tag on twitter and instagram :)

Also, tonight there is a blogger meet-up and anyone who is interested can join us! If you are able to make it, please make sure to say hello :) More info here.

Chasing Heartbeats is the visual journal from photographer Ashley Ludaescher, a California girl living in Berlin, Germany. This blog features snippets from life in Berlin, travels around Europe, and Heartbeats- inspirations and somewhat magical moments in everyday life.